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For live, brief weekly updates of county news, tune in Wednesdays to the Zia Country Morning Show at approximately 7:15 a.m. at 99.5 on your dial, and on Magic 105 at approximately 7:50 a.m., and on Your Morning Show at approximately 8:15 a.m. on KVLC, 101-Gold. On Thursday mornings, you can tune in to the KGRT Morning Country Show at approximately 7:15 a.m., then on KSNM 98.7 from about 8:25-8:33, and finally on HOT 103.1's Morning Show (approx. 8:10-8:15.

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Chaparral residents can now apply for and receive burn permits at the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Department Substation located at 121 W. Lisa Dr. The permits are sanctioned by and recorded through the Doña Ana County Fire Marshal's Office.

Doña Ana County Treasurer Jim Schoonover has a message for 1,264 Doña Ana County property owners: “Beware! If you owe any portion of your property taxes from 2003, be looking for a letter from my office!”

The Property Tax Division of the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department will conduct a property auction at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in the County Commission Chambers of the Doña Ana County Courthouse at 251 W. Amador Ave., in Las Cruces.

Certain Doña Ana County property owners who occupy single-family dwellings may be eligible for a freeze of their taxable value as determined by the Doña Ana County Assessor's Office. Freezing the property valuation will minimize future tax obligations for those who qualify.

All property owners in Doña Ana County should soon begin looking for their official notices of valuation from the Doña Ana County Assessor's Office. The notices will be mailed March 1, 2006, well in advance of the April 1 state deadline.

Beginning Feb. 8, Doña Ana County road crews will close Valdez Road between Union and Apodaca. The road will remain closed for approximately three weeks while crews from the Elephant Butte Irrigation District construct a new bridge crossing. During construction, traffic will be diverted to Snow Road and to N.M. 28.